Synonyms for monkey
All synonyms
Noun
1. Rascal
rascal, scamp, imp, rapscallion, scallywag UK
Other
ape, simian, puppet, idiot, face card, gudgeon, five hundred, quockerwodger, uggo slang
Definitions
- n. 1
A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails, and cheek pouches.
He had been visiting an area zoo when a monkey swung from its tree perch, swiped his glasses and hurled them into a hippo hole.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- monkeys → rascals, scamps, imps, rapscallions…
Example sentences
- rascal Who knew that he would turn out to be such a rascal?
- scamp George Hunt, you're an infernal scamp!
- rapscallion My pet mouse is a rapscallion; she keeps escaping from her cage!
- idiot When are you going to stop laughing like an idiot?
- puppet Tom uses sock puppet accounts to upvote his posts.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| monkey | steady | |
| rascal | rising | |
| scamp | rising | |
| rapscallion | rising | |
| idiot | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- ape1, imp1
- 4 letters
- uggo
- 5 letters
- idiot3, scamp
- 6 letters
- puppet2, rascal2, simian3
- 7 letters
- gudgeon2
- 9 letters
- scallywag
- 11 letters
- rapscallion
- 13 letters
- quockerwodger
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (idiot3 = 3 syllables).